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R. E. CLARK & J. L. ZEIGLER.

INSECT POWDER DUSTER; No. 392,314. Patented Nov. 6", 1888..

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INSEGT POWDER DUSTER.

No. 392,314. Patented N0v. 6, 1888;

(No Model.)

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53% I imjjg ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ROBBERT CLARK AND JESSIE L. ZEIGLER, OF FORT MOTTE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

INSECT-POWDER DUSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 392,314, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed May 9, 1888. Serial No. 273,208. (No model.)

To aZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBBERT E. CLARK and J EssIE L. ZEIGLER, of Fort Motte, in the county of Orangeburg and State. of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement for Distributing Poison Upon Plants, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improved apparatus for distributing poison over plants, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus, whereby poison may be distributedina dry form upon cotton and similar plants,and wherein the apparatus may be attached to any wheeled vehicle or used alone as desired.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims. f

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the implement with one of the wheels removed,the axle being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the mechanism for throwing the parts in and out of gear.

Fig. 4. is a bottom plan of the powder-receptacle, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

The axle'10 is bent vertically upward to form the central yoke, 11, upon which yoke the body 12 of the implement is supported,which body preferably consists of aseries of slats, 13, united at their ends by a metal angular bracket, 14, which bracket is secured to the vertical member of the yoke, as best shown in Fig. 1. One, 13, of the said slats composing the body or platform is adapted to rest upon the upper or horizontal portion of the yoke. The seat 15 is supported upon the platform 12, preferably through the medium of a rearwardly-inclined spring-standard, 16.

Drive-wheels 17 are journaled upon the axle 10, and between theyoke portion of said axle and each drive-wheel aninclined standard,18, is pivoted at its lower end, which standard is recessed at its upper end to receive a bearingbox, 19, as best shown in Fig. 3. From the bottom of the recess 20, formed in the upper end of the said standards 18, a post, 21, is projected upward,encircled by a spiral spring,22. The upper end of the spring is adapted to rest against the under face of the bearing block or box 19, the said boxes being held in position within the slot through the medium of a strap, 23, secured to the sides of the standards and passing over the top of the same, as best shown in Fig. 1.

In the several boxes 19 a transverse shaft,24, isjournaled,which shaft projects outward over each of the drive-wheels, and upon each extremity of said shaft adisk, 25, is keyed,which disks are adapted, when the implement is in operation, to bear upon the periphery of the drive-wheels and take motion therefrom.

' Near the base of the several standards 18 the lower ends of beams 26. are rigidly attached, which beams project outward and upward to the rear, being braced by a strap or bar, 27, attached, respectively, to the said standard 18 and'the beams 26, as best shown in Fig. 1. Y

A rod, 28, is passed through the upper ends of the several beams 26, from which rod a carrying-receptacle, 29, is suspended, the said receptacle having closed sides and ends and open top, the bottom being covered with finewire or bolting cloth 30, as best shown in Fig. 4. This receptacle is divided into several compartments by means of vertical transverse partitions 31,and upon the bottom at one side, as illustrated in Fig. 5, horizontal brackets 32 are attached,which bracket, extending longitudinally of the receptacle,is grooved to receive a slide, 33, the said slide being purposed when the implement is not in operation to cover the screen-bottom, being supported when thus in position by a catch or catches, 34., attached to the inner lower edge of the receptacle. The said receptacle 29 is preferably suspended from the shaft 28 by means of a series of bails 35, consisting of stout wire attached to opposite rod 28 to turnfreely thereon. WVedo not confine ourselves to this means of suspension, as other suitable devices may be employed, it

the receptacle be free upon the said rod.

sides of the receptacle andbent around the simply being necessary that the movement of IOO The ends of the receptacle 29 are attached to the disks 25 by means of a wrist-pin, 36, secured upon the outer face of the disks near their periphery, and a pitman, 37, which pit- 5 man is pivoted to the wrist-piu and also to the ends of the receptacle. That end of the pit man which is connected to the receptacle is provided with a longitudinal slot, 38,whcreby, when the disks 25 arein contact with the drivewheel 17, the motion communicated from said disk to the receptacle through the pitman 37 may be an uneven reciprocating motion.

A. lever, 39, is pivoted to the inner side of each beam 26, which levers are attached to the drive-shaft 2i, and project forward at each side of the drivers seat, as best shown in Fig. 2, to a contact with vertical racks 40. Thus if the levers 30 are pressed downward by the driver, the boxes 19 are also pressed downso ward, which causes the disk to be brought in engagementwith the peripheries of the drive-wheels 17, and when said levers are carried upward the boxes are allowed to rise, and the said disks are consequently automatically 2 elevated from their connection with the drivewheels.

As a means of raising or lowering the pewder-receptacle 29 to adapt the same for use in connection with plants of different heights,

30 rods 41 are secured to the bar 28, one red near each beam 26,whieh rods are carried forward, preferably, over the drive-shaft 24 and pivotally connected to the members of an essentially U-shaped lever, 42, which latter lever is pivoted upon the rear slat, 13, of the frame or platform 12, which slat is supported upon the axle 10.

At the center of the lever 12 a yoke, 13, is formed, which yoke is extended upward to 0 form a handle, 41f, thepurpose of the yoke bei ng to span a rack, 15, secured upon the said rear beam or slat of the frame or platform, as best shown in Ilfig. 2. The handle at is provided with a proper spring-actuated catch, 46,

4 5 adapted for engagement with the said rack 45. Thus in operation, as the implement is driven forward, the disks being in contact with the wheel, an irregular reciprocating motion is imparted to the powder-receptacle 29, and

through said motion thepowder is sifted down upon the plants.

I desire it to be understood that, although a specific construction has been described other equivalent construction may be used without 5 departing from the spirit of the invention.

The drive-shaft 24; may, if found desirable, be made in two sections, as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby the said shaft may be adjusted to implements of different widths.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a shaft, drivewhcels, a frame supported upon said shaft,

arms projected upward and pivoted upon the same, and spring-actuated boxes held to slide in the upper end of said arms, of a drive-shaft journaled in said boxes, provided with disks at the extremities adapted for engagement with the drive-wheels, rearwardly and upwardly extending beams projected from said arms, a powder-reccptacle suspended from said arms, and a pitmau-connection between the powder-receptacle and the disks, as and forthe purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the shaft, drivewheels, a frame supported upon said shaft, arms pivoted upon the same, and spring-actuated boxes sliding in the upper end of said arms, of a shalt journaled in said boxes, provided with attached disks at the extremities, beams rearwardly and upwardly projected from said arms, a bar held in said beams, a powder-receptacle suspended from said bar, provided with an attached screen at the bottom, and means, substantially as shown and described, for reciprocating the receptacle from the driveshaft, as and for the purpose specified.

The combination, with the shaft, drivewheels, a frame supported upon said shaft, arms pivoted upon the same, and spring-actuated boxes sliding in the upper end of said arms, of a driveshaftjournaled in said boxes, provided with" attached disks at the extremities, beams rearwardly and upwardly projected from said arms, a bar held in said beams, 21. powder-receptacle suspended from said bar, provided with an attached screen at the bot tom, a pitman connecting said disk and receptacle, levers pivoted to said beams and attached to said drive-shaft, and a rack supported upon the body, adapted to engage the inner end of said levers, as and for the purpose specified.

The combination, with the shaft, drivewheels, a frame supported upon said shaft, arms pivoted upon the same, and spring-actuated boxes sliding in the upper end of said arms, of a drive-shaft journaled in said boxes, provided with attached disks at the extremities, beams rcarwardly and upwardly proj ected from said arms, a bar held in said beams, a powder-receptacle suspended from said bar, provided with an attached screen at the bottom, rods attached to the receptacle-supporting bar, an essentially U-shaped lever pivoted upon the frame and to said bar-rods, a springactnated catch attached to the U shaped lever, and a rack secured to the frame, adapted to receive said catch, whereby the powder-receptacle may be elevated or lowered, as desired, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with the shaft, drive wheels, a frame supported upon said shaft, arms pivoted upon the same, and spring-actuated boxes sliding in the upper end of said arms, of a drive-shaft journaled in said boxes, provided with attached disks at the extremities, beams rearwardly and upwardly projected from said arms, a barheld in saidbeams, a powderreccptacle suspended from said bar,

divided into compartments and provided with out of contact with the drivewheels, as and a screen at the bottom, brackets attached to for the purpose specified.

the rear of said receptacle at the base, a slide ROBBERI. E. CLARK. carried by said bracket, adapted to cover the t JESSIE L. ZEIGLER.

5 screen, a pitman connecting said receptacle Witnesses:

and disk, and means, substantially as shown W. S. MURRAY,

and described, for throwing said disks in and E. W. J oNEs. 

